I run a clinic in the United States

Chapter 178 It’s not that we don’t want to save him, but there are more important things!

If all the people in the base's medical area died, at most the base would be temporarily safe.

However, there are many outside activities in the base, and it is impossible for them to seal it off and stay here alone.

There are also mining areas where everyone is dead. How can we still exploit the mineral deposits?
The large cheap population and rich mineral deposits around here are their foundation.

In addition, Luo Ya has invested a lot here, building various infrastructures, repairing bridges and repairing roads, which is also a very large cost!
If the base is withdrawn and other forces take advantage of it, all these facilities will be advantageous to others.If you want to get it back in the future, you will have to pay several times the price than before.

Because many of the fortresses and infrastructure here were built only after the occupation.It was all wilderness in the beginning.

Can attacking a wilderness be on the same level as attacking a fortress?

Therefore, let alone Black Scorpion, Luo Ya was not going to give up unless she had to.

This time, Luo Ya was quite confident that Zhou Qiao could come to support him. However, Luo Ya, who was far away in Texas and was working for her status as a congressman, kept Zhou Qiao in her heart and wondered how things were going with him there.

She had dinner with the governor of Texas, chatting and laughing happily, and had some pleasant exchanges of business interests. After bidding farewell to the governor, her face became unusually melancholy.

Then, she called Zhou Qiao's number, but unfortunately no one answered.Luo Ya called Black Scorpion.

Black Scorpion reported to her Zhou Qiao's itinerary after his arrival. Hearing that Zhou Qiao actually entered the quarantine area as soon as he arrived, Luo Ya was moved and at the same time, naturally her heart was as anxious as an ant, fearing that something would happen to Zhou Qiao.

"Boss, don't worry too much. I think Dr. Zhou seems to be very confident and confident!" Black Scorpion comforted him.

Luo Ya said: "Take care of Dr. Zhou, it will take some time for me to get there."

"Don't worry, boss, I will try my best!" Black Scorpion patted his chest and promised loudly like a gorilla.

Luo Ya hung up the phone and thought about how to thank Zhou Qiao.After all, they rushed into the risk zone without any scruples. This friendship...

Although there is no need to be polite between two people, and whoever is polite will be "punished", but Luo Ya feels that a small gift is still needed!
When lovers get along, there should always be a little romance.

Talking about money is too vulgar. Now that Zhou Qiao's clinic is in full swing, he has no shortage of small money!

So, Luo Ya was thinking about customizing a watch for Zhou Qiao, with the two people's names engraved on the back of the watch.

She dug out her address book, called a sales and marketing director at Patek Philippe in the United States, and put forward her needs.

The other party was very happy and made an appointment with her. He said he would come over with the information and introduce it to her in person.

For a large customer like Luo Ya, the average sales manager is not high enough, so the director decided to take action himself.

In the end, Loya chose a watch that she liked and was particularly suitable for men, priced at about US$580 million.But since it is a customized model, it will take some time.

In the past few years, one Patek Philippe watch even sold for a sky-high price of more than 3000 million Swiss francs, equivalent to more than 2 million yuan. A watch worth more than 500 million US dollars is not the most expensive.

While the marketing director was delighted, he was also surprised. He had been at the New York headquarters all year round and had never heard of Zhou Qiao, who was far away in California. Even if he had heard of it, he would have felt that Zhou Qiao was not worthy of Luo Ya.

Seeing that the famous Queen Loya acted like a little girl and wanted to engrave her and Zhou Qiao's names on a luxury watch worth nearly 600 million US dollars, the director was naturally shocked beyond words.

However, he was also very knowledgeable and did not ask too many questions. He said that he would try his best to do this well, and he would strive for excellence and ensure quality without any small flaws, so Luo Ya could rest assured!

Loya nodded. After she became a Texas congressman, she was planning to run for the next governor, so she now ignored all other small positions and resigned.For example, tax commissioner, police inspector, FBI... these positions are too low-level and some are not worthy of her!

The upper class society in the United States was still shocked by Loya's sudden rise. Although she had only just emerged and was not very dazzling in the public eye, she had already attracted the attention of many big shots.

Even in the White House, Loya's information is already on the president's desk.

Luo Ya was very busy. After customizing the watch, she issued many orders and stepped up the delivery of supplies to East Africa, including medical resources and arms!

The Violent Queen organization has private cooperation with the top ten arms companies in the United States. She even wants to purchase a guided missile frigate, but has never chosen the right type.The main thing is that the price of American guided missile frigates is too expensive.

The price of a frigate with a displacement of about 5000 tons is as high as nearly 055 million U.S. dollars, while China's 60 million-ton large-scale cruise ship only costs 8 billion yuan (equivalent to more than [-] million U.S. dollars.)
Luo Ya then thought about it, or she could work it out and order a 054AP frigate from China in the name of the Suesok country. The cost was only US$3.5 million, which was cheap and high-end.China has exported several such warships.

Most East African countries have good relations with China. As long as they are willing to pay the full price, the possibility of buying it is quite high!
The base in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa is not particularly far from the Indian Ocean, just over 400 kilometers away. After buying it, it can be modified or directly customized and loaded with missiles with a range of six to seven hundred kilometers, which can basically cover all the base's territory. Guarantee most of the base's interests.

In particular, there are often pirates in Somalia to the east of the base, who come to interfere with the base's material transportation regardless of life or death. Although they are often defeated and driven away, they are like mice in the field, and they can't be beaten no matter how hard they try. The feeling that I can’t catch up even if I rush.

It would be much more majestic if it was escorted by its own frigate!When the pirates saw it from a distance, they were so frightened that they didn't dare to get close.

Luo Ya secretly calculated the cost and found that there was still much to be done.At most, if we increase the mining of mineral deposits, we will be able to recover the capital within one year.How could she spend so much effort in East Africa without huge profits.

However, the construction of frigates takes a long time. Even if an order is placed now, it will take two years at the earliest. There is no rush.

In terms of construction time, the answer given by the United States is three to four years. In terms of time and cost alone, China also has an advantage.

Loya decided to wait until the things here were finished, meet up with Zhou Qiao, solve the disease problem at the base, and then go to "Yawide Bay", the capital of "Suesoken", to discuss relevant matters with its president.

She had met the president there several times and had some exchanges of interests, so the negotiation must have been successful this time.

The other side also needs to use her power to contain those disobedient warlords.

As for Suesokeng, the relationship with China has always been relatively good.But its president is a loser, and he is secretly colluding with the United States. Loya is trying to frighten the United States by pulling on the tiger skin of the United States.

This is one of the reasons why Loya wants to seek the status of a parliamentarian or governor as soon as possible.

……

East African base.Medical isolation area, medical laboratory.

Zhou Qiao has taken enough samples and started vaccine development.

Neither Zhou Qiao nor Luo Ya ever thought of transporting the virus to the United States.In that case, Zhou Qiao would not have to put himself in danger and could just conduct experiments in some uninhabited areas in the United States.

But in fact, this operation is too risky!
If there is a leak or a major accident, Zhou Qiao's clinic will be closed down immediately, and Luo Ya won't even have the luxury of running for governor or president. She may not even be a member of the assembly.

In addition, developing vaccines and specific drugs requires a large number of samples, including living patients, which involves statistical issues. Although the virus is the same, different patients have different clinical manifestations.

If it's going to be shipped, it's not just a matter of shipping a tube of virus.

The cost is too high. The transportation of so many samples and patients, and the medical care alone on the way, is a huge expense.What's more, it would be difficult for someone to smuggle so many patients carrying unknown and powerful viruses without being discovered.It is basically impossible to pass the formal procedures.

Many patients may die before arriving.

Then it takes too long.From East Africa to the United States, it takes at least sixteen hours to fly, plus the car transfers before and after, the round trip takes forty to fifty hours.

On the spot, you can test drugs at any time and make corresponding adjustments based on the iteration of the virus, drug side effects, adverse reactions, etc.

Many viruses mutate very quickly, and there is no obvious pattern!
Zhou Qiao's thinking is very clear. The top priority is to develop vaccines and specific drugs in the ward.As for the existing patients, we should save them if we can, and forget them if we can't.

If all time is wasted on saving these people who are dying, and vaccines and specific drugs are not available for a long time, this disaster will never end!

Because he keeps rescuing, the number of patients will continue to increase, and by then, the entire Suesokeng may be affected.The East African base will not be able to carry out business smoothly.

Loya told him that due to the disease, the number of deaths has surged, and several existing mining areas have stopped operations.

In this high-return industry, if work is stopped for one day, the losses will be huge!
Zhou Qiao was very clear about the patient's condition, which involved acute multi-organ failure, especially kidney failure. He wanted a radical cure unless a kidney transplant was performed.

The operating rooms here are in poor condition, and the equipment and consumables required for kidney transplantation may not be complete.

There is not even a circulating nurse or equipment nurse that can be used easily!
There are more than 800 patients, when will he go?

After finishing here, what about the patients in Violent City?What about the civilians in the surrounding tribes?

He is only one person, and even if it is a perfect operation, he will not be able to finish it even if he exhausts himself to death!

If you really need an operation, you don’t have to worry about the kidney donor. Maybe the best thing to do is to find a kidney donor, because this is an extremely chaotic place!

This is also one of the main reasons why Zhou Qiao doesn’t want to do this kind of surgery!

Once the kidney transplant can be carried out smoothly, he suspects that many healthy young people in the surrounding tribes will suffer!
Many patients in this medical area are soldiers themselves or their relatives and friends, and they already enjoy many privileges in this area.

In addition, even if a kidney transplant is successfully performed, if no specific medicine is developed, there is a possibility of kidney failure again, and the possibility is still quite high.Because the patient himself is carrying the virus!

This virus mainly attacks the kidneys!
Zhou Qiao had to harden his heart and devote himself to the research of vaccines and specific drugs!With systematic help, he made rapid progress!
And 136 points are more than enough to exchange for vaccines, special medicines, and methods for development and small-scale production.After he finished the exchange, he still had 66 points left, and he might be able to do something else in the future.

As for Veronica's next surgery, it may have to be postponed.Because she spent a lot of time in East Africa, it was too late to accumulate the points needed for Veronica's surgery.

The doctors on the base's medical team were quite critical. The leader, Dr. Sampson, even called Black Scorpion to report the matter.

He said that Zhou Qiao was hiding in the laboratory and would not come out to work.

As a result, Black Scorpion sneered and said: "Everything will be subject to Dr. Zhou's arrangements. In addition, he is of a higher level than you, so you have no right or qualification to make irresponsible remarks on him!"

Sampson was dissatisfied, thought about it, and summoned up the courage to call the big boss Loya.

At that time, Loya was discussing with the CEO of Tiffany, a well-known European jewelry company, about the supply of gold, diamonds, rubies, sapphires, amethysts and aquamarines, all of which were produced from the East African base.

Everyone knows that South Africa is rich in diamonds, but they don’t know that East Africa also has diamonds of good quality and even natural color.

A rich yellow, very bright and clear rough diamond was dug out at the East African base.

The rubies, sapphires and pink corundum here are also quite famous.In addition, gold reserves are also quite abundant.

Rare metals that can be used in aerospace, military and other industries are all extremely valuable!
Otherwise, Luo Ya will come here to set up a base after she's full!
With these mineral deposits, she will be among the top rich in a few years.Don't talk about running for governor, you will even run for president in the future. You have capital. You don't need funding from others, you can do it yourself!
After receiving Sampson's call and hearing his "complaint" against Zhou Qiao, Luo Ya just snorted slightly and hung up the phone.

Sampson was still fantasizing in his heart, what does the big boss mean?Does it mean that you have received it, and the cold snort is a sign of dissatisfaction with Dr. Zhou?
He was fully waiting for Luo Ya to issue instructions and punish Zhou Qiao.

As a result, the wait is hard to come by.

Little did he know that after the business meeting with Tiffany CEO, Luo Ya immediately called Zhou Qiao. She didn't mention Sampson's complaint behind his back at all. She just took the time to talk to Zhou Qiao on the phone for 5 minutes. Porridge, mainly because Zhou Qiao is too busy and has no time.

"You must take care of yourself over there. Black Scorpion and Margaret are both rough and not very good at taking care of others." Loya said tenderly.Instead of being as heroic and smart as she was when she was discussing with the CEO of a famous jewelry company, she has turned into a gentle little woman.

It wasn't until Zhou Qiao was about to hang up the phone that she said lightly that Sampson was snitching on him behind his back, telling him not to take it to heart and not to be disturbed by those messy things, and just concentrate on doing his own thing.

Jacqui and Luciana overheard on the side and couldn't help but secretly clicked their tongues, wondering, is this still the boss Luo Ya?Is she still the decisive tactical genius and the violent queen with a fiery temperament?

In addition, the two of them looked at each other and could see the anger in each other's eyes. They wondered whether Dr. Zhou was working hard or lazy. No one else knew. As bodyguards in the same room, how could they not know?

Zhou Qiao almost only slept about four hours a day these days. When the time came every day, he would wake up without even bothering to wake up, then jump up and go into "battle". He didn't even have time to look at them!

That Sampson is so ungrateful that he actually snitched behind his back?

If he knew about the relationship between Dr. Zhou and the big boss, and given him a thousand courages, he wouldn't even dare to think of it!

……

The working meals sent by Black Scorpion were very good, with meat and vegetables carefully matched, and the working meals given to Zhou Qiao, Yaqi and Lu Xianna were different from those of other medical staff!

For example, what was delivered for dinner today was a fragrant tomahawk steak with broccoli. One piece weighed about one kilogram. It was simple, crude, and filling.

The cooking level is also quite good, probably from a chef brought here from the United States. It is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with juices overflowing, making it appetizing!In addition, there is a large glass of freshly squeezed guava juice, a fruit native to Suesokeng. It is rich in nutrients, the juice is smooth and sweet, and it tastes very hearty.

This kind of fruit blooms and bears fruit all year round, but the really delicious fruit is from October to March of the following year. The fruits at other times are relatively sour and not very good in taste.

It is now the end of March, the best fruiting period.What's more, the ingredients Black Scorpion gave to Zhou Qiao and the others were all carefully selected, and the guavas were all large, sweet, soft to the touch, fresh and in good condition.

Surprisingly, Jacqui and Luciana, both of whom are so slender, also managed to drain all the steak and juice.

Jacqui also licked the plate.

"Dr. Zhou, how can you eat so well?" Yaqi and Luciana were also surprised by Zhou Qiao's appetite and finally couldn't help but ask.

Zhou Qiao shrugged and said: "I have been eating it since I was a child. I should be surprised that you eat a lot!"

The two black beauties smiled coquettishly: "We are better at fighting, so we eat more!"

"Yes, because I exercise a lot every day, I don't gain weight no matter how much I eat!"

They accompany Zhou Qiao here. They have nothing to do every day, so they just wear isolation clothes and do yoga or dance, which is a pleasant break for Zhou Qiao after his stressful work.

Their figures cannot be concealed even by loose isolation gowns!
Zhou Qiao thought to herself, I actually ate less before.

He suddenly remembered that when he was in college, a girl from Shandong said that as a man, if he ate a little every time, it was like cat food!

Isn't this the transformation potion that greatly improves physical fitness and also greatly increases food intake?

"Shandong girl, alas~"

Zhou Qiao sighed slightly in his heart. Maybe he had low emotional intelligence before and thought that the Shandong girl was scolding him and looking down on him. But now that he thought about it, there was a sense of intimacy in that girl's tone. Zhou Qiao suddenly felt that he had missed something back then. What?
The Shandong girl was quite delicate. She handed the steamed buns she had bitten to her and said that she couldn't be like a cat. Men just had to eat more!Still looking at him with expectant eyes.

Unfortunately, Zhou Qiao declined in the end.

What does it mean when a girl hands a steamed bun stained with her own saliva to a boy... Looking back on it now, Zhou Qiao just wants to slap herself a few times!Why were you so clueless at that time?If it were now, he would be knocked down in a matter of minutes!

Another time, there was a girl from the school next door. In the middle of the night, almost [-] o'clock, she said she had no place to go and the dormitory was closed, so she asked Zhou Qiao to come out and help her open a room.

Zhou Qiao's dormitory was a boys' dormitory, and the management was relatively loose, so he sneaked out and opened a room for her in a hotel next to the school. What shocked the girl was that it was a three-person room!

There are two middle-aged aunties sleeping in the room!

girl:"……"

She felt bad on the spot and never came to see Zhou Qiao again.

Only now did Zhou Qiao realize that she should have opened a single room and sent her in, and then...then...then...there were thousands of ways to play.

"Oh~, it's hard to look back on the past, but fortunately, life is very good now!" Zhou Qiao shook his head, finished his meal, and continued his research.

About five or six hours later, when he was tired, he slept directly in the medical laboratory with his clothes on. Yaqi got three camp beds, one for each person, and sandwiched Zhou Qiao in the middle every day. Keep him safe.

There were two slim black pearl beauties lying beside him, but soon, Zhou Qiao fell asleep and fell asleep.

If Zhou Qiao from the past traveled through time and space and came here, seeing this scene, he would have ridiculed: "You are not much better than me, and you can't bear to look back on the past!"

Zhou Qiao spends most of his time in the laboratory except for occasionally taking samples.

Several doctors on the base's medical team were full of complaints. It can be said that their dissatisfaction has been accumulated to the point where they have nowhere to vent.

Dr. Sampson also complained to Black Scorpion and Big Boss, but nothing came of it, with no response at all.This has to make everyone more and more frustrated!

"What kind of famous doctor is this? He even said he was here to provide support! Apart from hiding in the laboratory every day, when has he ever received help at 01:30?"

"That's it, are you here to cheat money and eat and drink, right?"

"I wonder what the big boss likes about him? Is it because he is handsome?"

"How is he better than us? If it were me, tinkering in the laboratory every day and enjoying the hot food, I would be able to do pretty well!"

After all, Chen Zhining had a better relationship with Zhou Qiao, and couldn't help but said: "I went to see him, and Dr. Zhou said he wanted to develop a vaccine and special medicine as soon as possible."

"How is that possible? Just him? Vaccines and specific drugs require teamwork. It will take at least several months, even longer, and it may take more than ten years. If it were so easy to do, we would have started working on it long ago. Now, it’s his turn?”

"When he is done, all the patients will die. Let's abandon the base as soon as possible and return to the United States!"

"You can't say that. I called and asked my former mentor at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Zhou is really a visiting professor there. I also checked on the Internet. He really has a doctor's license. And he, He is not yet 24 years old this year! Maybe he is really a genius." A doctor said suspiciously.

"Who knows?" Sampson waved his hand impatiently, frowned and whispered, "Don't talk nonsense in private. It won't be good if it reaches Dr. Zhou's ears. Just do your job well."

"What kind of work are you doing? It's impossible to do this work. People die every day!" One of the doctors could hardly help crying and said, "If this continues, even I will collapse and go crazy!"

Doctors: "..."

Sampson took a deep breath and thought to himself, who wouldn't?

I'm about to collapse too!
He originally thought that Zhou Qiao could share his pressure, but unfortunately, it didn't happen at all.

While they were discussing, a fat black nurse came over and called: "Doctor, doctor, go and see Chicole in bed 74, he is going to die soon!"

Sampson was stunned and quickly led everyone to bed No. 74. Unfortunately, when everyone arrived, Chicole had no breathing and heartbeat.

Then, the nurses put it in a body bag and transported it to the outside of the canyon through a special transmission channel behind the camp.

There, there is a special crematorium for cremation and burial.

Baysa, a young nurse with curly hair, thick lips and a slender figure, burst into tears because this Chekol was one of her uncles.Although their relationship was not very good at ordinary times, she was heartbroken when she saw her relatives passing away, being brutally burned, and then buried deep in the filthy ground!

Their tribe hates the earth and doesn't even eat anything produced on the land. Being buried underground is the greatest insult!

At that time, her uncle was seriously ill, and she managed to transfer her uncle to the treatment area of ​​the base through hard work, thinking that the chance of survival would be greater here. Unexpectedly, he still passed away!
She is a black nurse hired by the base from the local area. She took up the job a year ago after simple training and training.Although I don’t have a high degree of education and basically only went to elementary school, I am very smart and learn things very quickly.

Not long after Bayisa became a nurse, she became very proficient in many routine operations.Moreover, she is beautiful and very popular in the base.Later, Sampson caught him!
The two were originally in love, but who knew that when this unknown disease swept across them, their sweet love life was interrupted, and they began to be busy every day, without even a chance for a moment of tenderness.

Sampson held her in his arms and comforted her, also in tears.

Bayisa kept crying and couldn't stop it. Sampson couldn't help but couldn't bear it anymore. He was already on the verge of collapse. Now his girlfriend's uncle passed away and his girlfriend was heartbroken. It had a huge impact on him. big!
Suddenly, Sampson pushed Baisa away, yelled like crazy, and ran towards Zhou Qiao's medical laboratory!

The other doctors and nurses were horrified.

When he got there, Sampson slammed the door and shouted loudly: "Zhou Qiao, Zhou Qiao, you bastard, come out!"

"You bastard, trash, you haven't helped me in the past few days, what on earth are you doing?!"

"Where's the vaccine you made? Where's the special medicine? Has it been released yet?"

"If you don't have the guts, get out of here and don't play tricks on us here!"

He screamed at the top of his lungs, kicked the door violently, and his resentment spread uncontrollably!

How could Jacqui and Luciana allow someone to be so presumptuous? They hurriedly opened the door. Sampson wanted to rush in and attack Zhou Qiao, but was knocked down by two black beauties!He pressed him hard to the ground!
Sampson is actually very tall, a standard European and American hunk, and he likes to keep fit. However, he is no match for these two slender black beauties!
He was held down and couldn't move!Just shout loudly:

"Let me go, let me go! You useless bastard, a smelly piece of trash who needs a woman to protect you! Get out of here right now!"

"If you dare to curse again, I'll shoot you!" Jacqui took out his pistol and put it against Sampson's head!
The other doctors and nurses rushed over, and they were all shocked. For a moment, they didn't know how to dissuade him.

Baisa also rushed over crying. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but be frightened.

Her uncle is dead and irreparable, but she doesn't want to lose Sampson as her boyfriend!

Zhou Qiao said: "Put your gun away, don't kill anyone!"

Jacqui snorted coldly and inserted the gun into the holster on his waist!There was also a sharp dagger tied to her leg.

In addition, there are two sniper rifles resting in the corner of the medical laboratory!

Although they were wearing isolation suits, it did not prevent them from wearing tactical belts and leg bags.On the contrary, he looks more vigorous and charming.

Seeing Jacqui put away his gun, Baisa rushed over to protect Sampson. While crying and begging for mercy, he gently stroked Sampson's head with his hand to calm him down.

"Don't blame him, don't blame him, it's all because of me, because my uncle died just now, and he had the attack! He has been under a lot of pressure!" Bayisa said with tears streaming down his face.

If she knew that her crying was driving Sampson "crazy", she would have gritted her teeth and stopped crying!

Jacqui: "..."

Luciana: "..."

Zhou Qiao frowned and said, "Let him go."

So, Yaqi and Luciana stood up, retreated, left and right, and returned to Zhou Qiao's side.

Sampson lay on the ground like a dead dog but did not get up.

Baisa held his head, kissed and comforted him.

More and more people were watching, and some active patients also came over. It seemed that this "liveliness" could relieve their pain.

Zhou Qiao thought for a while, then looked around at everyone and said loudly: "I know that everyone is exhausted physically and mentally and is on the verge of collapse. Doctors, nurses, and patients are all in a desperate situation! Dr. Sampson is proof of this. .”

"However, I assure you that within two days at most, RNA vaccines and specific drugs for this new virus will be available. Of course, these are only first-generation products, and they still need clinical trials and people to test the drugs!"

As soon as this was said, the patients were extremely happy and started cheering!Some nurses were also beaming with joy!

However, the four doctors looked at each other in disbelief!

It would take an elite team of dozens or hundreds of people at least a month, or even several months, or a year and a half to develop an RNA vaccine, but Zhou Qiao successfully developed it in a week?

In fact, before the virus that swept the world, the fastest vaccine development speed was 4.5 years (Merck’s mumps vaccine).But vaccine development for that virus broke all records.

But even so, there is no miracle vaccine that can be produced in just a few days!

With the current level of biochemistry, how is it possible?
"Zhou Qiao is definitely a liar! Damn it, how can you joke about something like this?"

"It's absolutely false, I don't believe it!"

"It's impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Even Dr. Chen Zhining looked at Zhou Qiao with surprised and suspicious eyes!Others don’t understand. As doctors, and almost all of them are doctors of medicine graduated from prestigious universities, how can they not understand the possibility?

Insignificant!
　Are there any monthly passes?Smash a few, thank you!
　　
　
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